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In your face Herthab!

Think I might go to the game  8)

 :D Don't really want to predict a score for the game as I'm worried I'll jinx the result.

I hope Tuesday evening showed the first team that they need to play to their maximum to keep their places and we batter Yeovil!

Although I'd be happy with 1-0 :D

Yeovil not to be underestimated 1-1 draw with Cox scoring 7,654 crowd with 650 Yeovil fans there.

Nah we'll clinch this one. A late JPM free kick. 2 -1 Town.

3-1 town

2-1

3-2

1-1

I'm going for 0-0.

3-0 for me to the Town

4-2

match preview from yeovil website www.ciderspace.co.uk:


Yeovil Town make the relatively short journey to the County Ground, home of Swindon Town on Sunday afternoon, for a game that is also being screened live on Sky Sports, with kick-off at 4.00pm. This will be Yeovil's 5th appearance on Sky during 2007, with another game still to come before the year runs out.

Going into the game, manager Russell Slade faces his usual team selection crisis and he expects to be still down to his bare bones, with again possibly only 16 players likely to be fit to travel. In another context this could be seen as a crisis, but despite having a depleted squad, the Glovers are on a run of four unbeaten games and the squad that travels to Wiltshire has been responsible for that good spell.

Definitely out are Gary Dempsey (foot), Lee Morris (knee), Marc Bircham (hamstring) and Justin Cochrane (ankle) and although club captain Terry Skiverton is now back in training, Sunday's match may be considered to be a little too soon for him to play in a first team match. There are also doubts over midfielder Lee Peltier, striker Lloyd Owusu and winger Jerahl Hughes (groin) who are all on the treatment table. Speaking to this week's Western Gazette, Russell admitted:

"This is definitely the worst I have had since I have been at Yeovil because it is one thing after another. We are down to 16 fit professionals and we cannot afford to lose anyone else. Skivo (Terry Skiverton) saw a specialist on Tuesday and trained. He has got the green light to train fully so we will get a good week from him. He is another possibility if we needed to push although my physio (Jim Joyce) might try to talk me out of it. The other two who are closest are (Jerahl) Hughes and Birch (Marc Bircham). Birch has not trained yet and he may at the end of the week but he will not be available for Sunday. (Lee) Peltier came off with a sore groin on Tuesday and Lloyd (Owusu) was a bit sore too but we are hoping they will recover in time for Sunday or (assistant-manager) Steve Thompson will have to get his boots on."

Swindon lie in 9th place and one point behind the Glovers and are currently unbeaten this season in the league, albeit with three out of those four games ending in draws. They also thrashed Brentford 4-1 in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in midweek and so Russell is expecting them to be in high spirits:

"They have just come up and are therefore they will still be in a honeymoon period. They have got off to a decent start and are a dangerous side. It will be a tough game and they have got home advantage so they will be favourites."

Swindon have no new injury concerns ahead of Sunday's game. In fact, manager Paul Sturrock's only dilemma will be whether to include three of his newer signings in the starting line-up. Defender Chris Blackburn made his debut in midweek and clocked up two goals, whilst Jean-Paul McGovern also had a strong game in that 4-1 win. Striker Billy Painter suffered a delay on his paperwork that meant he couldn't play in the JPT, but will be hoping to make his debut for the club. Longer term absentees Andy Nicholas, Ady Williams and Barry Corr remain on the treatment table.

One media outlet has previewed this weekend's game pointing out that the Glovers have never beaten Swindon in a league match. As the two first teams have only met twice before at league level - both in the 2005-06 season, this was hardly a revolutionary fact! The most recent result came in a 0-0 draw at Huish Park in March 2006, whilst Swindon triumphed 4-2 at the County Ground in the preceding August, with Pablo Bastianini and Terry Skiverton the scorers.

The game is live on Sky Sports One (see yesterday's news for other repeat showings), and a guide to the County Ground and the surrounding area is below.
Yeovil Town make the relatively short journey to the County Ground, home of Swindon Town on Sunday afternoon, for a game that is also being screened live on Sky Sports, with kick-off at 4.00pm. This will be Yeovil's 5th appearance on Sky during 2007, with another game still to come before the year runs out.

Going into the game, manager Russell Slade faces his usual team selection crisis and he expects to be still down to his bare bones, with again possibly only 16 players likely to be fit to travel. In another context this could be seen as a crisis, but despite having a depleted squad, the Glovers are on a run of four unbeaten games and the squad that travels to Wiltshire has been responsible for that good spell.

Definitely out are Gary Dempsey (foot), Lee Morris (knee), Marc Bircham (hamstring) and Justin Cochrane (ankle) and although club captain Terry Skiverton is now back in training, Sunday's match may be considered to be a little too soon for him to play in a first team match. There are also doubts over midfielder Lee Peltier, striker Lloyd Owusu and winger Jerahl Hughes (groin) who are all on the treatment table. Speaking to this week's Western Gazette, Russell admitted:

"This is definitely the worst I have had since I have been at Yeovil because it is one thing after another. We are down to 16 fit professionals and we cannot afford to lose anyone else. Skivo (Terry Skiverton) saw a specialist on Tuesday and trained. He has got the green light to train fully so we will get a good week from him. He is another possibility if we needed to push although my physio (Jim Joyce) might try to talk me out of it. The other two who are closest are (Jerahl) Hughes and Birch (Marc Bircham). Birch has not trained yet and he may at the end of the week but he will not be available for Sunday. (Lee) Peltier came off with a sore groin on Tuesday and Lloyd (Owusu) was a bit sore too but we are hoping they will recover in time for Sunday or (assistant-manager) Steve Thompson will have to get his boots on."

Swindon lie in 9th place and one point behind the Glovers and are currently unbeaten this season in the league, albeit with three out of those four games ending in draws. They also thrashed Brentford 4-1 in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in midweek and so Russell is expecting them to be in high spirits:

"They have just come up and are therefore they will still be in a honeymoon period. They have got off to a decent start and are a dangerous side. It will be a tough game and they have got home advantage so they will be favourites."

Swindon have no new injury concerns ahead of Sunday's game. In fact, manager Paul Sturrock's only dilemma will be whether to include three of his newer signings in the starting line-up. Defender Chris Blackburn made his debut in midweek and clocked up two goals, whilst Jean-Paul McGovern also had a strong game in that 4-1 win. Striker Billy Painter suffered a delay on his paperwork that meant he couldn't play in the JPT, but will be hoping to make his debut for the club. Longer term absentees Andy Nicholas, Ady Williams and Barry Corr remain on the treatment table.

One media outlet has previewed this weekend's game pointing out that the Glovers have never beaten Swindon in a league match. As the two first teams have only met twice before at league level - both in the 2005-06 season, this was hardly a revolutionary fact! The most recent result came in a 0-0 draw at Huish Park in March 2006, whilst Swindon triumphed 4-2 at the County Ground in the preceding August, with Pablo Bastianini and Terry Skiverton the scorers.

2-0 to Swindon.

I'm going today,wasn't planning on it but my Daddy is taking me :D

 1-1,cause they aren't a bad side and i'd take a point.

i am going 3-1 swindon Paynter x2, Peacock.

I note with interest that the studio has been set up between the corner of the south stand/bank - with none other than Tommy Mooney as guest. Now there's someone who is going to get some abuse this afternoon!!! Surely a slightly silly place to put him from a safety point of view!

I love it when a game is on like the other night (I think it was Blackpool v Hull) and you can hear, as clear as day, the fans singing, "Chris Kamara you're a wanker, you're a wanker" and they have to try to carry on as normal.

Funny as 8)

I might have to sacrifice my trip to the bar at half time if the crowd are gonna partake in a few verses/choruses of "tommy mooney what a wanker..." even though I don't really mind the bloke, he'd take it in good spirit no doubt.

The funny thing is going to be his proximity to the rowdy lot in the corner of the south stand - he's gonna get some serious shit today hahaha ... poor bloke.

He'll love it

Haha who came up with that idea then?!!

Should be funny to watch!

I was on the Stratton Bank for the FA Cup tie vs Aston Villa in 1992 when they built a makeshift TV studio on scaffolding above the terrace.  Anyone else remember the fans throwing gravel up at the perspex front of the studio, much to the irritation of Jimmy Hill?

Remember being away for that one and seeing it on the telly ...

I cycled to Swindon from Oxford (where I was living) and back again just to buy tickets for that game.  I'm hardcore.  (Well, I was back then.)

OK, so why the fuck is my commentary not working?????????????

 :twisted:

It's on Sky.

Oh  :D

:fu:  :twisted:

Let me sum up the game so far for you:

 :boring:

Quite literally, nothing has happened.

Still 0-0 then.

[Enter tumbleweed, stage left.]

[Exit tumbleweed, stage right.]

Shot from outside the box by Vincent. How close was that!

Well the stats on Match Live say we've had nine shots, 5 on target.

Find it surprising that 'nothing' has happened???

Still no commentary!

Make that 10!

Sounds as if the game could be won by a single goal.  Thankfully, we now have a few players who could provide it.

Well in that case I'm going to watch the game on 'match live'. It sounds much better than Sky's feeble offering :shock:

Sturrock has to make a couple of changes at half time I would have thought. McGovern on? Cox perhaps?

That was shit.

Think the Sky commentary bloke summed it up well, "It's all happening in the middle third, with the strikers looking for scraps"

Livened up in the last five minutes, just hope we can take that into the second half.

'Match live'?  Where?

I'd hope so, he's got the options now.

Nice to see Rufus is offering no answers whatsoever at half time !!!

OK Rufus, so you know the investors. Who are they? Don't just say, 'They are football people'.

TELL US THEIR NAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That interview really was pointless - he didn't answer a question and offer any kind of explanation about what's going on. What the difference between his role, this new general manager and Luggy's role? It all sounds the fuckin' same to me! Too many cooks.

What was that Chris? Too many COOKS you say? For a moment I thought I'd misheard you. :?

I don't think Premium TV bother supporting Sunday match days... :twisted:

Hoorah! Working!

I think its the third choice commentator. Oh my life, fucking monotone  :-))(

6944 attendance.

Sturrock off, Coxy on. Roberts off, McGovern on.

And I think I'm talking to myself  :?

No.  You're talking to me.  And OST.  Not a great audience, I'll agree.  But a grateful one.

GOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

To fucking Yeovil  :twisted:

Cunts

15 minutes left.

Game over then!

 :twisted:

Arse.  My earlier euphoria at knowing we might now have an exciting future (although still not knowing who now actually owns the club) has now passed.

Fucking shit. Absolute bollocks. Some hard work needs to be done on the training ground if we think we'll be mid-table this year that's for sure.

What a lot of long faces by the end of that game, eh?

Although I had to laugh at Slade ... "Owusu looked like the first black Pope up front there .."

that was just awful. Pook and Zaboob were the main colpruts. We could not handle the diamond formation that Yeovil setup.

that was pretty rubbish, however i did miss the first half as i was asleep with the hangover from hell. it does sound like i didnt miss much.

This usually happens with off the field distractions.  Looking at last season Sturrock always did something significant after every defeat.  The first game of the rest of the season is next.

did anyone get interviewed by Sky me and my dad did. ace.

Let's hope not :shock:

I'm surprised at the attendance. It looked less to me.

Everything's shit then Rich?

Yeovil outplayed us, simple really. I thought they looked a very good, composed team.

I wouldn't blame Zaaboub too much, some of his crosses we very good and he put in a hell of a lot of effort.

I though Pook was poor and the midfield definitely looked more assured when Paynter came on and Peacock dropped back into centre-mid.

i agree. we weren't on our game, seemed to play it more direct than we have done so far this season, and a decent yeovil side (injury ravaged too, by the way) coped quite comfortably. they'll be up there again this season.

jp should have at least hit the target though.

Booo - what a fucker.

That's the loss out of the way. Kick up the backside and work to be done - we'll recover.

But Yeovil were shit going forward. We were awful but they were just solid at the back and that was it. We need to get better. If not then we'll struggle. Simple as that.

on the bright side, at least sturrock now has an excuse to dispense with loyalty and play his preferred starting 11.

Thought we were awful:
- Zaboob and Roberts looked tricky, but lacked the final quality. Zaboob wasted so much.
- Surprised that Roberts was taken off as he was the main threat
- Sturrock didn't do alot, but then neither did Cox
- Peacock was all huff and puff
- Paynter looked overweight
- Pook and Easton didn't create anything
- Defence played well as a unit although bother centrebacks were at fault for the goal
- Smith had nothing to do

NMH

1 point from a possible 6 in the last two games at home is the worrying thing that has emerged from this.

that was a really awful wasteful game....

Yep. And 1 win in 5. Relegation form. Not good.

Why oh Why did Sturrock take off Roberts, not Zaaboub? Roberts was progressive and running at them, zaaboub was just wasteful, apart from the pull back. Thought Vincent was absolutely dire and pook and easton are too similar, easton being the better player. Sturrock Jr has no future at this football club.

On a brighter note, i thought Paynter played well when he came on and showed some good touches, will be a good acquisition when fit.

That is all

Zaboub cannot cross, Pook should have come off at half time, Jerel ifil was MOM for me today.

Blair didn't do anything either.

I was entertained by the fact my mate text me to say he thought Lloyd Owusu looked like a pint of guiness.

Roberts got taken off way to earlier.

Also, we the team discussion in the pub before the game and I said to fred

'Sturrock will keep the same team and bring on JPM and Cox at half time'

Close enough.....

Final ball was well off today.

Awful game, flat performance. Neither team deserved to win. Lets put it behind us and move on, though Hartlepool will be a tough one.

Hartlepool will be tough but I sense Sturrock will be preparing a lot more for this one.

Said on the radio thats the last game for loyalties and is going to pick an 11 early on this week to work with for Saturday.

I think Blair will have no place in this team from now on.

Im gutted i didn't stay at home and save myself £20.

The only good thing was the 3 pints in the County pre game.

I think jack smith just had his worst game in a swindon shirt today. There left mid pissed all over him all afternoon.

Aside from that, what a dull, boring game. Don't think we'll be seeing the sky cameras again for a while

Were so predictable in this league, we played so poor today. I really did think tuesday night shocked the 1st team players in to thinking they have serious competition but obviously not as they played absolutely crap. Why are we starting Sturrock and Pook as well, shocking.
Cox was shite, all mouth on the radio and plays like that (cocky bastard). Slade had the right idea putting two players on both Roberts and Zaaboub, they couldn't do anything and that's why we needed to be playing the ball on the ground and going through the middle instead of just whacking useless crosses in the boxes. Yeovil had obviously done their research, Sturrocks tactics weren't what you call brilliant.

Anyway, only the one match lost so far so let's hope we get back on winning ways..

Apart from stop their left winger, who waltzed past him and won the corner that their goal came from.

If Pook,Zaboub,Sturrock or  Peacock start the next game,I'm boycotting-they are total shite.Trouble is McGovern and Cox were fucking useless as well.Bring on Arrietta and Mohammed.

Think he meant paul, rather than jack. Jack smith was our worst player today imo

Both full backs were gash

funny how people see things differently.
vincent imo was excellent today and i can only remember one misplaced pass from him.
pook was superb aswell, i thought had his best game so far this season and only went off because he was fucking shattered(the twats in the townend who ironicaly cheered his substitution know fuck all !!!)
ifil was man of the match imo and was awesome.
 if anyone deserves stick its jack smith who was piss poor today

Paul Smith?

Does he still play for us?  :shock:

meh. Paul-phil, its all the same

fwiw, i agree 100% with what aribba just said. Pook looked very good second half before he was taken off.

Thought they defended ok, but rarely pushed forward.

NMH

Peacock and Zaaboub shite?  :?

Mc Govern was a HUGE disappointment-plenty of opportunities for the short time he was on.Awful crossing,diabolical miss and shocking free kicks-especially the last one which he put straight out for a goal kick

The beauty of football and opinions!

We deserved a point i felt, atleast, but then our finishing and overall attacking play was poor.

Far too many people jumping on some of the players' backs though.

One week everyone is saying how great Roberts is, for example, then the next it's 'Roberts you're fucking shit blah blah blah.....' Although i felt he played alright today......Was far better than Zaaboub imo.

Highlight of today, i saw Bennett and i think Sonic Youth? Didn't say hi though......I was too shy  :oops:  :P

I agree with arriba about Vincent, didn't put a foot wrong all game. Very unlucky with that shot.

Thought Pook had a poor first half, plenty of graft and some good tackling but his distribution was lacking. He definitely looked livelier in the second half.

Yeah, i thought Peacock had a good game personally. Although Zaaboub was fairly poor.

Peacock works his ass off every game.

The Roberts substitution was a joke.As a striker,Peacock offered no threat whatsoever-I cant believe some people think he wasn't crap.Sturrock says he a midfielder now,so why persist with him up front?

That is the minimum requirement for EVERY footballer

Roberts looked like the only one who was particularly bothered. Very strange substitution.

That was down to the fact the ref booked him for nothing early on, and he knew that one mistimed challenge, and he would be off.

An unbeaten team didn't deserve changes to it. We won't see Peacock up front again barring injuries now I'd have though. He worked hard with no real end product. I though Blair was the poorer of the two.

As for the winger, I though both were poor. Roberts was not offering as much support for Jack Smith as he should have leaving Smith over exposed on a few occasions. Monsieur Gant was tres merd in his crossing and passing too which made Vincent look poor for lumping the ball down the line most of the time.  At least Roberts showed on occasion that he had the ability to unlock the door.

The pro's were that we looked reasonably solid against a team that made the playoffs last season. Apart from Adjoffee getting caught out on the goal, Yeovil were contained even easier than our own attack.

Having a solid base is something we can and will build from. But we have to make the most of games we dominate like Cheltenham and Crewe.

He didn't book him. He should have done, it was a blatant yellow card. He didn't book him though. Smith would have been well aware of that fact.

Utter Wank today.

Vincent did a good job defensively, some of his distribution was poor though.

Pook had another steady game, it took him a while to get going but I thought he did alright.

Roberts and Zaboub very average.  Quite like the look of Paynter up front though he gets the ball down well.  Cox didn't do too much but looked lively.

Defensively good, J Smith a little suspect and should Smith tried to punch the cross away for the goal, not sure I'll have to see the reply.

Collectively as a team performance, poor.

Phil Smith didn't do anything wrong, Ifil was really solid.

Rest of the team were pretty shit. I don't think I need to elaborate.

We were shocking today

Smith didn't really have much to do
Our defence was rarely tested but when it was it didn't look solid
In midfield Pook misplaced about 100% of his passes and there was little or no service coming from the wings
Up front we had Blair Sturrock, which was plain wrong in itself

All in all, a complete and utter waste of time. Even if we had grabbed a goal to win it or equalise late on, I would have been quite depressed with how uninventive we were

We were the wrong side of dreadful today against a side who also bordered on utter shit. An increase of about 2% and we would have done them no problem. Trouble is the strikers were shocking and the midfield constantly seemed to think we were wearing green and white rather than red and white. Also although we played well in defence, when they won the ball instead of playing it away sensibly the were insistent on playing the 50 yard wonder pass, which they inevitably twatted straight to a Yeovil player.

Not too sure about  the new signings either, or Sturrock taking our best player off :?

Long and short... both teams were dire, 0-0 would have been fair. Yeovil had one chance and put it away... roll on next week. It's only our first loss this season so....

vincent was woeful, couldn't pass water and offered no support to zaaboub going forward. every pass he made was straight down the line to nobody. i pray nicho is fit again soon.

pook did alright, not quite as good as he has been. both he and easton struggled to get into the game - agree about the cocks in the town end who cheered pook and sturrock's substitutions, fucking moronic shitehawks.

ifil and aljofree were solid as ever.

mcgovern looked pretty average and wasted a chance that nine out of ten forumers could have scored - i probably could have finished that - but i'll reserve judgment until he starts a match.

cox was selfish and has the touch of an analrapist.

we were poor, yeovil were little better but had something up front. we didn't. one defeat out of five will do me, do our fans live in cloud cuckoo land or something? we've got no divine right to be amazing. we're a bit shit in general.

your cox line made me laugh sonic.nice one :soapy tit wank:

Agree with that; I thought Zaaboub was crap today.

And Paynter isn't match fit; but i also thought he showed some good touches; once he is fit I'm sure he's going to get a decent amount of goals for us.

did paynter have the wrong stud type on? couldnt stay on his fucking feet

neither could half the players to be fair

I couldn't watch the game in Plymouth today - as everywhere prioritised the Rugby, even though I could've easily got some of the game if the various pubs had been willing.

Bastards - although they probably did me a favour, still - Bastards.

We are now closer to Leeds at the bottom, than we are to Orient at the top.  :|

we didn't play football at all, it was back to the old long ball rubbish

What did Lloyd Owusu look like with that bandage on his head? He looked ace, like a pint of guinness   8)

The first black pope even  :soapy tit wank:

That was fucking ace  8)

That comment is really starting to get on my fuckin tits now.I would rather he was a lazy cunt and done what he was supposed to do and score some fucking goals

Pook and Easton were okay, but not very creative.
Zaaboub frustrates the hell out of me
McGovern was disappointing when he came on
Sturrock and Peacock should never start a game up front again
I still don't get the Aljofree love. I preferred Williams last year.

Amen to that Macca.  Like I said on another thread Peacock is not there to work his ass off.  What did Owusu do yesterday other than the goal??  Nothing, but he scored the winner.

What did Peacock do, get involved in a lot of tracking back, but posed no threat to their goal whatsoever.

Vincent, Roberts and McGovern had our best chances the strikers were as toothless as ever.

I normally like a good argument over players performances but this thread can be easily sorted- every single one of our players was shit without exception.

Yeah, but Peacockworked his arse off................... :wink:

 :shock:  he had an excellent game yesterday.

Williams wont play for this club again suspect. Has is ace  8)

Agreed. Him and Ifil make a great centre back partnership.

I think he's sound, but not worthy of the rave reviews he constantly gets... that's what baffles me.

excellent? he lost his man at a corner and the cunt scored.

I havn't swwn the replays yet how far out was he when he scored

not far enough

Fair point, but they weren't given anything like decent service all game

Can't say i followed who was marking who and i couldn't be bothered to watch it again on tv as watching it live was bad enough.

That's crap; Ifil had a good game as did Phil Smith. Thought Aljofree looked good too.

There was too much long ball; Yeovil were clearing everything so why we continued playing like that god only knows.

I'm not sure about Aljofree- gernerally he is very sound indeed but already 3 times this year (Northampton, Luton and Yeovil) we've conceded headed goals where he lost his man. Williams didn't do that.

personally i think brez would have got to at least 2 of those 3 headed goals that came from out wide.

smith hasn't kept a clean sheet in 5 games, is it time to let the other guy have a go?

Bang on.

I disagree. I've always wanted town to be one of those all out attack, score so many that it doesn't matter how many you concede sort of teams. I don't think we should bother with a traditional keeper at all. More a sort of Keeper/Sweeper or something.

'Rush keeper'. Ace idea!  :D

i completly agree, watch Smith when he catches anything in the air, his arms are never above his head!! I feel much more confident with Brezovan in goal, not that i don't like Smith, he did fantastically last season, but we would conceed goals less from corners if Brezovan was in goal.

Agreed, Smith is a good goalkeeper, but you don't get the same feeling as you do when Petr's in between the sticks.

He comes for crosses for one, Smith doesn't.  Look at mildenhall sprinting off his line onSunday to collect a dangerous looking ball, and relieve pressure from the defence.  Smith doesn't do that.

Brezovan is a better keeper.

I sort of agree with Ben. We need to be more ambitious. We shouldn't be blaming the defence or goalkeeper for those matches. All of those teams were nothing special going forward (and sometimes defensively). We should be looking to have a go up front more and taking the game to them. When we do that we need to put away the chances.

Unfortunately against teams we've not been particularly special up front either and so we've missed plenty of opportunities to grab a win, let alone a draw in the case of the last game.

Don't try and distort what I was saying into sensibleness or I'll have to start posting the entire stories of episodes of geeky sci-fi stuff again.

Or pretend to be a girl.

Dont know if this has been mentione dbut just seen the replay of yeovil goal, and could zaboub seem any less bother about trying to clear the ball, he couldnt even handball it properly